Agent skill

Google Chat

Interact with Google Chat - send, read, edit, delete and react to messages, share images and files, reply in threads, and manage spaces and DMs.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Google Chat

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-chat -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills google-chat --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/google-chat .claude/skills/google-chat && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "google-chat" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/google-chat into .claude/skills/google-chat/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "google-chat", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/google-chat

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-chat -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills google-chat --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/google-chat .agents/skills/google-chat && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "google-chat" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/google-chat into .agents/skills/google-chat/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "google-chat", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-chat -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills google-chat --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/google-chat .cursor/skills/google-chat && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "google-chat" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/google-chat into .cursor/skills/google-chat/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "google-chat", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git --path skills/google-chat

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-chat -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills google-chat --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/google-chat .gemini/skills/google-chat && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "google-chat" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/google-chat into .gemini/skills/google-chat/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "google-chat", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills google-chat

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-chat -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/google-chat .github/skills/google-chat && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "google-chat" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/google-chat into .github/skills/google-chat/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "google-chat", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-chat -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills google-chat --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/google-chat .opencode/skills/google-chat && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "google-chat" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/google-chat into .opencode/skills/google-chat/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "google-chat", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: google-chat
GitHub stars: 431
Token cost: ~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length: 415 words
Files: 7 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo: 24
Repo updated: Sep 10, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Interact with Google Chat - send, read, edit, delete and react to messages, share images and files, reply in threads, and manage spaces and DMs.

User asks to: send a message on Google Chat
SKILL.md covers First-Time Setup, Commands, Editing and deleting and Attachments, plus 3 more sections
Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python and pip
Read chat messages

What it does

Google Chat is an agent skill from sanjay3290/ai-skills. Interact with Google Chat - send, read, edit, delete and react to messages, share images and files, reply in threads, and manage spaces and DMs. Use when user asks to: send a message on Google Chat, read chat messages, list chat spaces, find a chat room, send a DM, share a screenshot or file, edit or delete something already sent, or create a new space. Lightweight alternative to full Google Workspace MCP server with standalone OAuth authentication.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including scripts (for example `README.md`, `directory.example.json` and `scripts/auth.py`).

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Cloud office suites, Messaging and chat bots and OAuth and OpenID Connect. It works with Model Context Protocol, Google Workspace and React. The repository describes itself as: 24 cross-platform agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex & Gemini CLI — databases, messaging, research, TTS, DevOps, and Google Workspace. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

User asks to: send a message on Google Chat
Read chat messages
List chat spaces
Find a chat room

Example prompts

“/google-chat”

Requirements

Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 281d88d. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- python
- pip
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Google Chat loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 116 tokens; SKILL.md has 415 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~116
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from sanjay3290/ai-skills at commit 281d88d, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© sanjay3290). 415 words, ~1,248 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/google-chat/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 6 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: google-chat
description: Interact with Google Chat - send, read, edit, delete and react to messages, share images and files, reply in threads, and manage spaces and DMs. Use when user asks to: send a message on Google Chat, read chat messages, list chat spaces, find a chat room, send a DM, share a screenshot or file, edit or delete something already sent, or create a new space. Lightweight alternative to full Google Workspace MCP server with standalone OAuth authentication.
license: Apache-2.0
metadata.author: sanjay3290
metadata.version: 1.1

Google Chat

Lightweight Google Chat integration with standalone OAuth authentication. No MCP server required.

⚠️ Requires Google Workspace account. Personal Gmail accounts are not supported.

Everything is sent as the authenticated user, so treat write commands as outward-facing: confirm the exact text with the user before posting to a space, and never send to a channel the user did not name.

First-Time Setup

bash

pip install -r requirements.txt
python scripts/auth.py login     # opens browser
python scripts/auth.py status    # verify
python scripts/auth.py logout

Commands

All operations via scripts/chat.py. Auto-authenticates on first use if not logged in.

Reading

bash

python scripts/chat.py get-messages spaces/AAAA123 --limit 10
python scripts/chat.py get-messages spaces/AAAA123 --limit 10 --raw   # full JSON
python scripts/chat.py get-message spaces/AAAA123/messages/XYZ
python scripts/chat.py list-threads spaces/AAAA123
python scripts/chat.py list-spaces
python scripts/chat.py find-space "Project Alpha"    # ignores punctuation/spacing
python scripts/chat.py list-members spaces/AAAA123

Read output is compact by default — one block per message with its timestamp, sender, text and resource name. That is roughly 14x smaller than the raw API payload, which matters when an agent is paying for every token it reads. Use --raw when you need the full JSON.

Writing

bash

python scripts/chat.py send-message spaces/AAAA123 "Hello team!"
python scripts/chat.py send-dm user@example.com "Hey, quick question..."
python scripts/chat.py reply-in-thread spaces/AAAA123 spaces/AAAA123/threads/T "Following up."
python scripts/chat.py send-media spaces/AAAA123 "Latest mocks" --file a.png --file b.png
python scripts/chat.py edit-message spaces/AAAA123/messages/XYZ "Corrected text."
python scripts/chat.py delete-message spaces/AAAA123/messages/XYZ
python scripts/chat.py delete-message spaces/AAAA123/messages/XYZ --force   # has thread replies
python scripts/chat.py add-reaction spaces/AAAA123/messages/XYZ 👍
python scripts/chat.py setup-space "New Project" user1@example.com user2@example.com
python scripts/chat.py find-dm user@example.com

Add --dry-run to any write command to print the request instead of sending it. Use it when wiring up or testing a flow so nothing lands in a real channel. (For send-dm it reports the resolved recipient rather than the DM space, since resolving that needs a live call.)

Editing and deleting

send-message, send-dm and send-media return the created message's name (spaces/X/messages/Y) — that is what edit-message, delete-message and add-reaction take. You can only edit or delete messages you sent. To fix an older message, find its name with get-messages first.

Attachments

send-media takes a repeatable --file. Google Chat accepts several attachments on one message only when every attachment is media (image or video); a mixed batch is split automatically into one message per file, with the caption on the first. --attachment is still accepted as an alias for a single --file.

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Optional aliases

Typing full email addresses and spaces/AAAA... IDs is tedious, and having an agent call list-spaces to find a channel it uses daily is slow. Copy directory.example.json to directory.json and map short names:

json

{
  "users":  { "alex": "alex@example.com" },
  "spaces": { "team": { "id": "spaces/AAAAxxxxxxx", "name": "My Team" } }
}

Then send-message team "Deploying now" and send-dm alex "..." both resolve locally, with no API call. Full emails and spaces/... names keep working everywhere.

directory.json is personal and gitignored. It is entirely optional — without it every command still works, and an unresolvable alias fails immediately with the list of valid ones rather than silently falling back to a scan.

Message formatting

Chat supports *bold*, _italic_, ~strike~, `code`, triple-backtick code blocks, and <url|label> links. It does not support Markdown headings, tables, or []( ) links — they render literally.

Token Management

Tokens stored securely using the system keyring:

macOS: Keychain
Windows: Windows Credential Locker
Linux: Secret Service API (GNOME Keyring, KDE Wallet, etc.)

Service name: google-chat-skill-oauth. Expired tokens refresh automatically.

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files (scripts) in skills/google-chat of sanjay3290/ai-skills.

SKILL.md
.gitignore
README.md
directory.example.json
requirements.txt
scripts/auth.py
scripts/chat.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 281d88d

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Pp Workspace Adminmvanhorn/printing-press-library	2.1k	—	~11k	Automated safety check: Notes	Apache-2.0	yesterday

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Questions about Google Chat

What does Google Chat do?

Interact with Google Chat - send, read, edit, delete and react to messages, share images and files, reply in threads, and manage spaces and DMs. Google Chat is an agent skill from sanjay3290/ai-skills. Interact with Google Chat - send, read, edit, delete and react to messages, share images and files, reply in threads, and manage spaces and DMs.

When should I use Google Chat?

Google Chat fits situations like: user asks to: send a message on Google Chat; read chat messages; list chat spaces; find a chat room.

How do I install Google Chat in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-chat -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/google-chat in sanjay3290/ai-skills) into .claude/skills/google-chat in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Google Chat in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-chat -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/google-chat in sanjay3290/ai-skills) into .agents/skills/google-chat in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Google Chat in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-chat -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/google-chat, .gemini/skills/google-chat, .github/skills/google-chat and .opencode/skills/google-chat in your project.

What does Google Chat need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Google Chat needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python and pip). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Google Chat access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Google Chat safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Google Chat use?

Google Chat is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Google Chat use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Google Chat?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Google Chat: Google Workspace Auth (bobmatnyc/claude-mpm, 155 stars), Google Workspace (RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop, 177 stars), Detecting Email Account Compromise (mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, 34k stars) and GCP Workspace Pivot (wgpsec/AboutSecurity, 1.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Google Chat?

sanjay3290 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sanjay3290/ai-skills, which has 431 GitHub stars. The repository holds 24 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 10, 2026.

Source: sanjay3290/ai-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Google Chat

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Google Chat

First-Time Setup

Commands

Reading

Writing

Editing and deleting

Attachments

Optional aliases

Message formatting

Token Management

Files

Compare with similar skills

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